(1) N. D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, 47 Leninsky prosp., 117913 Moscow, Russian Federation
Abstract:
The interaction of trimethylsilyl ions with nitrates of the estrane series affords the adducts [M + SiMe3]+, whose fragmentation proceeds through the elimination of the functional groups either along with the trimethylsilyl residue, or in the form of molecules containing no SiMe3.